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Answer
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What party did Castro lead?
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Communist Party of Cuba
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What is the name of Fidel Castro's brother?
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Raúl Castro
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What dictator did Castro overthrow in 1959?
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Fulgencio Batista
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What famous Argentian revolutionary fought alongside Castro?
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Che Guevara
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What U.S. sponsored invasion was launched to try to overthrow Castro in 1961?
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Bay of Pigs
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What country propped up Cuba's finances until 1991?
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Soviet Union
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What movement did Cuba join, and even chair, despite its close alliance with the above country?
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Non-Aligned Movement
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What 1962 event nearly triggered WWIII?
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Supposedly, the CIA once discussed killing Castro using an exploding ____.
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Cigar
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What sport did Castro play?
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Baseball
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What disease did Cuba contain by putting people testing positive in camps?
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AIDS
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To what former Portuguese colony in Africa did Cuba send 18,000 troops in 1975?
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Angola
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What rum company fled Cuba after their property was nationalized in 1960?
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Bacardi
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During what event did Cuba ship 125,000 refugees, dissidents, criminals, asylum patients, and homosexuals to the U.S. in 1980?
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Mariel boatlift
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With what Venezuelan leader did Castro develop a close friendship?
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Hugo Chávez
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Who was Castro's favorite writer? (Hint: an American who spent time in Cuba)
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Ernest Hemingway
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What Canadian leader effusively praised Castro upon his death in 2016?
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Justin Trudeau
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What city's Moncada Barracks did Castro attack in 1953?
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Santiago de Cuba
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What speech did Castro give in court to defend his actions in the above attack?
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History Will Absolve Me
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Ruling for 50 years, Castro had the longest reign of any non-_____ head of state in world history.
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Royal
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Great quiz!
Also, Bush did 9/11.